diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46a1742..58404b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ This will add a new command `cy.api` for making API requests.
 |---------|---------------|-------------|
 | CYPRESS_API_MESSAGES | true | Show and make call to api server logs |
 | CYPRESS_API_SHOW_CREDENTIALS | false | Show authentication password |
+| CYPRESS_API_SHOW_GENUINE_REQUEST_OPTIONS_ONLY | false | Show only genuinely sent request options |
 
-By default `cy.api` print response in the browser. To have the same behaviour as `cy.request` and use `cy.visit` normally, you need to desactivate `apiDisplayRequest` :
+By default `cy.api` print response in the browser. To have the same behaviour as `cy.request` and use `cy.visit` normally, you need to deactivate `apiDisplayRequest` :
 
 ```js
 it('my test without displaying request', { apiDisplayRequest: false }, () => {
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/hides-non-requestoptions.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/hides-non-requestoptions.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de06956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/e2e/hides-non-requestoptions.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// loads definition for the custom "cy.api" command
+/// <reference path="../../dist/types.d.ts" />
+
+describe('hide non RequestOptions', () => {
+
+  it("hides non RequestOptions if env var `API_SHOW_GENUINE_REQUEST_OPTIONS_ONLY` is set to true", {
+    env: {
+      API_SHOW_GENUINE_REQUEST_OPTIONS_ONLY: true,
+    },
+  }, () => {
+    cy.api({
+      url: '/',
+      log: true,
+      failOnStatusCode: true,
+      retryOnStatusCodeFailure: true,
+      retryOnNetworkFailure: true,
+    })
+    cy.get('.cy-api > div > .hljs').last()
+      .should("not.contain.text", `"log": true`)
+      .should("not.contain.text", `"failOnStatusCode": true`)
+      .should("not.contain.text", `"retryOnStatusCodeFailure": true`)
+      .should("not.contain.text", `"retryOnNetworkFailure": true`)
+    cy.api({
+      url: '/unknown-route',
+      log: false,
+      failOnStatusCode: false,
+      retryOnStatusCodeFailure: false,
+      retryOnNetworkFailure: false,
+    })
+    cy.get('.cy-api > div > .hljs').last()
+      .should("not.contain.text", `"log": false`)
+      .should("not.contain.text", `"failOnStatusCode": false`)
+      .should("not.contain.text", `"retryOnStatusCodeFailure": false`)
+      .should("not.contain.text", `"retryOnNetworkFailure": false`)
+  })
+  
+})
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/shows-non-requestoptions.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/shows-non-requestoptions.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bb46a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/e2e/shows-non-requestoptions.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// loads definition for the custom "cy.api" command
+/// <reference path="../../dist/types.d.ts" />
+
+describe('show non RequestOptions', () => {
+
+  it("shows non RequestOptions if env var `API_SHOW_GENUINE_REQUEST_OPTIONS_ONLY` is not set", () => {
+    cy.api({
+      url: '/',
+      log: false,
+      failOnStatusCode: false,
+      retryOnStatusCodeFailure: false,
+      retryOnNetworkFailure: false,
+    })
+    cy.get('.cy-api > div > .hljs')
+      .should("contain.text", `"log": false`)
+      .should("contain.text", `"failOnStatusCode": false`)
+      .should("contain.text", `"retryOnStatusCodeFailure": false`)
+      .should("contain.text", `"retryOnNetworkFailure": false`)
+  })
+
+  it("shows non RequestOptions if env var `API_SHOW_GENUINE_REQUEST_OPTIONS_ONLY` is set to false", {
+    env: {
+      API_SHOW_GENUINE_REQUEST_OPTIONS_ONLY: false,
+    },
+  }, () => {
+    cy.api({
+      url: '/unknown-route',
+      log: false,
+      failOnStatusCode: false,
+      retryOnStatusCodeFailure: false,
+      retryOnNetworkFailure: false,
+    })
+    cy.get('.cy-api > div > .hljs')
+      .should("contain.text", `"log": false`)
+      .should("contain.text", `"failOnStatusCode": false`)
+      .should("contain.text", `"retryOnStatusCodeFailure": false`)
+      .should("contain.text", `"retryOnNetworkFailure": false`)
+
+    cy.api({
+      url: '/',
+      log: true,
+      failOnStatusCode: true,
+      retryOnStatusCodeFailure: true,
+      retryOnNetworkFailure: true,
+    })
+    cy.get('.cy-api > div > .hljs').last()
+      .should("contain.text", `"log": true`)
+      .and("contain.text", `"failOnStatusCode": true`)
+      .and("contain.text", `"retryOnStatusCodeFailure": true`)
+      .and("contain.text", `"retryOnNetworkFailure": true`)
+  })
+
+})
diff --git a/src/support.ts b/src/support.ts
index 6959cb8..5eb6810 100644
--- a/src/support.ts
+++ b/src/support.ts
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ const formatJSon = (jsonObject: object) => {
 
 const formatRequest = (options: Partial<Cypress.RequestOptions>) => {
   const showCredentials = Cypress.env('API_SHOW_CREDENTIALS')
+  const showGenuineRequestOptionsOnly = Cypress.env('API_SHOW_GENUINE_REQUEST_OPTIONS_ONLY')
   const auth = options?.auth as {
     username?: string
     password?: string
@@ -378,33 +379,50 @@ const formatRequest = (options: Partial<Cypress.RequestOptions>) => {
   const hasPassword = auth?.password
   const hasBearer = auth?.bearer
 
+  const genuineRequestOptions: Partial<Cypress.RequestOptions> = {
+    auth: options?.auth || {},
+    body: options?.body,
+    encoding: options?.encoding,
+    followRedirect: options?.followRedirect,
+    form: options?.form,
+    gzip: options?.gzip,
+    headers: options?.headers || {},
+    method: options?.method,
+    qs: options?.qs || {},
+    url: options?.url,
+  }
+
+  const updatedOptions = showGenuineRequestOptionsOnly
+    ? genuineRequestOptions
+    : { ...options }
+
   if (!showCredentials && hasPassword && hasBearer) {
     return formatJSon({
-      ...options,
+      ...updatedOptions,
       auth: {
-        ...options.auth,
+        ...updatedOptions.auth,
         bearer: '*****',
         password: '*****',
       },
     })
   } else if (!showCredentials && hasPassword) {
     return formatJSon({
-      ...options,
+      ...updatedOptions,
       auth: {
-        ...options.auth,
+        ...updatedOptions.auth,
         password: '*****',
       },
     })
   } else if (!showCredentials && hasBearer) {
     return formatJSon({
-      ...options,
+      ...updatedOptions,
       auth: {
-        ...options.auth,
+        ...updatedOptions.auth,
         bearer: '*****',
       },
     })
   }
-  return formatJSon(options)
+  return formatJSon(updatedOptions)
 }
 
 const formatResponse = (